Alek is being surprisingly good about not taking it personally.
It's not about him, and whereas his temper usually doesn't let him see that, he's trying to get better at it. He's trying because he doesn't want to hurt people the way he hurt Carter. He could've killed Carter if Jeremy hadn't been there to stop him. He doesn't want people to be scared of him. (He doesn't want to be scared of himself.)
There isn't anything he can do about it, and he is genuinely sorry for the pain she must be feeling. He shakes his head. "I'm the one that's sorry. The rift's not going to apologize, so one of us should." No one should get uprooted from their home, from their family. He tries imagining it happening to him, suddenly finding himself without his brothers, and he grows paralyzed at the thought. They are all he has.
"...You're Hale, too?" he asks, surprise in his voice. There shouldn't be. Her reaction now makes more sense.
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It's not about him, and whereas his temper usually doesn't let him see that, he's trying to get better at it. He's trying because he doesn't want to hurt people the way he hurt Carter. He could've killed Carter if Jeremy hadn't been there to stop him. He doesn't want people to be scared of him. (He doesn't want to be scared of himself.)
There isn't anything he can do about it, and he is genuinely sorry for the pain she must be feeling. He shakes his head. "I'm the one that's sorry. The rift's not going to apologize, so one of us should." No one should get uprooted from their home, from their family. He tries imagining it happening to him, suddenly finding himself without his brothers, and he grows paralyzed at the thought. They are all he has.
"...You're Hale, too?" he asks, surprise in his voice. There shouldn't be. Her reaction now makes more sense.